going for >Passion Run - 10km

Will be signing up today for the Passion Run. Too bad i missed the early bird dateline, the price of procrastination. heh.

Since i had been walking quite a bit for the past 4 weeks, am going to start jogging for the next few Saturdays at Bedok reservior. 4.3km one round, so .. hopefully can complete 1 round tomorrow morning. Jogging of course. =)

103,365 steps last week

I walked a total of 103,365 steps last week, and with 22 events completed by my team (team orange). We clinched the top prize of the STEP Challenge. =D So for our efforts, each of us received a $200 takashimaya vouchers. Time to give som boost to our economy and better still, for me to buy some new clothes. =)

Going for tennis lessons later tonight... so now break for lunch!

60 thousand steps ... and counting

We have a 'step' challenge at the workplace, where people from different functions are grouped into teams to compete against each other in the average number of 'steps' each person takes. It is a 5 week competition and this is currently the 3rd week.

Nope.. its not an April's fool message. =)

So far, for the 1st week, i have taken about 40 thousand steps, and for last week, i managed 60k. Hopefully i can reach 80k this week to enjoy the second tier bonus. 1st tier bonus is at 50k.

Picking up tennis at Bedok tennis court every Thurs night and am also starting golf again. Really bad at golf after not hitting any balls for 7 years. And as the cheapo me, i have not and will not undergo $300++ of lessons to re-learn. Thank goodness there is Jesson, my colleague, who is incidentally my hall 3 hall mate in NTU year 1. Pretty small world. =P

My marathon hopes may be a bit dashed at the moment due to news from my TCM doctor. I was feeling uncomfortable when exercising, but the heart ultrasounds and stress test turned out fine. So i went to see my TCM doc. Just told him i not feeling very well, he took my pulse and asked me if i feel tired easily after sports and any breathing difficulties. I said yes, and he advised me that my 'heart' pulse is weak so there is some changes to my usual TCM herb mixture that i have to take.

So the step challenge came at a good time. For me to pace myself and slowly increase my level of workout. Although eventually may not be able to run a full marathon, maybe i can get fit enough to run a 10km this year, and see what the future may hold for me. =) No point fretting about not being able to go 42km, lets go for the small step first, the 10km this coming Standard Chartered run.. and just maybe i can reach the 21 km mark. =P